The 1950's was a time of many changes. A lot of inventions took place in the 50's. The most popular items that we use today were invented in the 50's. I researched famous events, famous people, inventions, fads and fashions, and sports.

The cold war was probably the biggest event that happened in the 50's. It was a war between the United States and the Soviet Union. Finally a peace agreement was signed in Korea to end the Korean war. McCarthyism is where people blamed other people of being communists. This took place in the 50's. Joseph McCarthy started this event. Both the soviet union and the U.S kept on building more and more weapons to overpower their enemy. The United States gave France billions of dollars to help fight off their communist leader. Dwight Eisenhower was probably the most important person during the 50's. he was the 34th president.

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Joseph Stalin was also important. He was important because he was the dictator of the Soviet Union during the cold war. Douglas Macarthur led the U.N Forces in the Korean War. John Foster Dulles was the secretary of the State during the 50's. He was also Eisenhower's foreign policy advisor. The decade was important because a lot of things we use today, came from the 50's.

The two people that I interviewed were my two grandma's. We talked about what they remember the most about the decade. We also talked about the clothes that people wore back then. We discussed what happened to them in the decade, and who you admired. They told me the most famous event that they remember. They both were in their 20's during this decade. This is the age when most of their important things happened.

... Eisenhower brought to the Presidency his stature as commanding general of the winning military in Europe during World War II; he acquired an armistice in Korea and worked continually during his two terms to relieve the anxiety of the Cold War ...

... war. Additionally, the war in Korea brought to light conflicting ideologies between the USA and USSR, and lead to the heightening of the Cold War. It changed what was once an alliance between the Soviets and the Unites States in both World Wars ...

... united to form the Albany Movement ( a coalition of the SNCC, NAACP, ministerial alliances and other groups interested in racial reform) with William G Anderson elected as President. The factions between the different groups were certainly evident. One of the black leaders ... State ...

... s to late 1960's, the desegregation of school systems was a heated issue in the United States both at a federal and state ... President of the NAACP wrote a letter to other NAACP branches to discuss Ku Klux Klan activities. He stated ... s personal ...

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